In a Washington Post op-ed published Friday morning, former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) pleaded with his fellow Republicans to stop supporting anti-gay religious freedom laws such as the one recently passed in Indiana.
“As an American, I’m incredibly concerned about what happened in Indiana this week and the threat of similar laws being passed in other states,” he wrote. “As a Republican, I’m furious.”
“Distracting, divisive laws like the one Indiana passed aren’t just bad for the country, they’re also bad for our party,” he wrote.
He said that Republicans who pursue “the politics of division” and “laws that fly in the face of equality and freedom” would cost the party critical support from young voters and economic conservatives.
Noting that corporations such as Wal-Mart have distanced themselves from the laws, Schwarzenegger said: “Those businesses are doing the right thing, but they have also done the math.”
“As a party, we need to take a similarly realistic look,” he said.
Oh please. Save the fake outrage for somebody who believes it.
Nah, to be fair, I think the Governator has, to some extent, been somewhat of an example for his party in terms of social justice issues like this or abortion. I actually believe him when he says he believes these things are bad for both the country and his party…mostly because he’s right and he really has no reason to be lying about it. Fiscally speaking, he’s just as much of an idiot as the rest of them though haha
Is there anything more straight forward in Arnold’s statement than the Corporations “have done the math”…good to know that was the likely swing consideration when determining when/how to act. Oh ,yeah …and winning over young voters…try doing the right thing for a change and see if that may appeal to more people.
Remember when republicans wanted to change the constitution so that Arnold could become president? Yeah, me either.
Arnie may not want to talk women issues but as a manly man he’ll talk Gay rights all day long.
This stupid attempt to legislate human rights down some fine line is just dumb. It is the religious with the never ending effort to butt their beliefs into our non-religious government. Of course the religious wackos want it and the Republicans that are against it are not a part of the religious tribe. So now they know that Arnold isn’t with them and that is why the Presidential candidates won’t commit to admitting just how stupid this law is, because the fundies would turn on them and they need those nuts too.